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Building safety compliance in Sunderland
Sunderland has city-centre and riverside high-rise development.
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- Sunderland's registered higher-risk building count is taken from the BSR register.
Building safety in Sunderland
Sunderland has city-centre and riverside regeneration alongside a legacy of high-rise housing.
The local authority in Sunderland is Sunderland City Council. For higher-risk buildings, the Building Safety Regulator is the building control authority and holds the register of occupied HRBs - not Sunderland City Council.
The remediation picture
As at 30 April 2026, 4,378 residential buildings 11m and over with unsafe cladding were being monitored in the government's remediation programmes across England - 55% had started or completed works.
Source: MHCLG Building Safety Remediation monthly data release, April 2026.
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